Essential Foundations of Economics, Global Edition

Robin Bade, Michael Parkin (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

600 Seiten

2014 | 7th edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
9781292060446 (ISBN)

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I. Introduction
1. Getting Started
2. The U.S. and Global Economies
3. The Economic Problem
4. Demand and Supply

II. A Closer Look at Markets
5. Elasticities of Demand and Supply
6. Efficiency and Fairness of Markets
7. Government Actions in Markets
8. Global Markets in Action
9. Externalities: Pollution, Education, and Health Care

III. Prices, Profits, and Industry Performance
10. Production and Cost
11. Perfect Competition
12. Monopoly
13. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

IV. Monitoring the Macroeconomy
14. GDP: A Measure of Total Production and Income
15. Jobs and Unemployment
16. The CPI and the Cost of Living

V. Understanding the Macroeconomy
17. Potential GDP and Economic Growth
18. Money and the Monetary System
19. Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
20. Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy

Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	218 x 276 mm
Gewicht	1246 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-13	9781292060446 / 9781292060446
Zustand	Neuware